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Pile of rabbit brush and sage brush which will be used for heating, etc. Farm on the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon. There are no trees except those raised and irrigated for shade and ornamental purposes and their wood is much too valuable to be burned

Pile of rabbit brush and sage brush which will be used for heating, et...

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Baseball game, part of the Fourth of July celebration at Vale, Oregon. The annual Fourth of July celebration has been held in Vale, Oregon, for many years. Formerly the rodeo has been one of the chief attractions, but this section has changed from an exclusively cattleman's country to one of farmers since the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project has attracted farmers principally from the Dust Bowl areas. This year for the first time there was no rodeo and the baseball game became the prime attraction

Baseball game, part of the Fourth of July celebration at Vale, Oregon....

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Newly-arrived farmer on the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon, irrigating his garden

Newly-arrived farmer on the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur Co...

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Conduit carrying irrigation water across the Owyhee River Valley to Dead Ox Flat. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project. Malheur County, Oregon

Conduit carrying irrigation water across the Owyhee River Valley to De...

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Wife of farmer newly arrived on the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project. This is their first year of farming on this land and until they get their land cleared and under cultivation they are living in a tent

Wife of farmer newly arrived on the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project. Th...

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Cows belong to Mr. Browning, FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrower on Vale-Owyhee irrigation project. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Cows belong to Mr. Browning, FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabi...

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Conduit carrying irrigation water from Owyhee Reservoir to farm land on the Vale-Owyhee Project. Malheur County, Oregon

Conduit carrying irrigation water from Owyhee Reservoir to farm land o...

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Children playing under wagon at the Schroder farm, FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrowers living on Dead Ox Flat. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon

Children playing under wagon at the Schroder farm, FSA (Farm Security ...

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Daughter of Ray Halstead eating ice cream made in her mother's electric refrigerator. He is an (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrower. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon. The report "New farms on new lands" by Carl P. Heisig and Marion Calwson, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, will furnish interesting statistics on farm and household equipment, electrification and progress of the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project

Daughter of Ray Halstead eating ice cream made in her mother's electri...

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A black and white photo of a man sitting on the ground. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man sitting on the ground. Office of War ...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Conduit crossing the Owyhee River Valley carrying irrigation water to Dead Ox Flat from the Owyhee Reservoir. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon

Conduit crossing the Owyhee River Valley carrying irrigation water to ...

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A black and white photo of a little boy sitting on a bench. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a little boy sitting on a bench. Office of ...

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Farm scene. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon. Increased dairy and beef herds are now consuming most of hay and feed crops produced in the section

Farm scene. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon. In...

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Calves on farm of FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrower. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project. Malheur County, Oregon

Calves on farm of FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation bo...

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Farmer and his wife in front of their tent home. Vale-Owyhee rrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon. This is their first year on this land, in fact, they had been here only two months. This year they will devote time, energy and money to getting their land into cultivation. Livestock and chickens, etc. must also be accumulated before they will think too much about a house. This man has tried to get a FSA (Farm Security Administration) loan, but FSA judges that he had too little irrigatable land for a loan

Farmer and his wife in front of their tent home. Vale-Owyhee rrigation...

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Children playing under wagon at the Schroder farm, FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrowers living on Dead Ox Flat. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon

Children playing under wagon at the Schroder farm, FSA (Farm Security ...

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Children playing under wagon at the Schroder farm, FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrowers living on Dead Ox Flat. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon

Children playing under wagon at the Schroder farm, FSA (Farm Security ...

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Newly-arrived farmer on the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project. Malheur County, Oregon

Newly-arrived farmer on the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project. Malheur Co...

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Children playing under wagon at the Schroder farm, FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrowers living on Dead Ox Flat. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon

Children playing under wagon at the Schroder farm, FSA (Farm Security ...

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Children playing under wagon at the Schroder farm, FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrowers living on Dead Ox Flat. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon

Children playing under wagon at the Schroder farm, FSA (Farm Security ...

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Cook stove in tent home of young farmer and his wife. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon. This is first year on this land, in fact, they had been here only two months. This year they will devote time, energy, and money to getting their land into cultivation. Livestock and chickens, etc. must also be accumulated before they will think too much about a house. This man has tried to get a (Farm Security Administration) loan, but the judges that he had too little irrigatable land for a loan

Cook stove in tent home of young farmer and his wife. Vale-Owyhee irri...

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Calves belonging to Mr. White, FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrower at Dead Ox Flat. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon

Calves belonging to Mr. White, FSA (Farm Security Administration) reha...

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Mr. and Mrs. Schroeder and their son. He is a rehabilitation borrower living on the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Mr. and Mrs. Schroeder and their son. He is a rehabilitation borrower ...

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Looking across the farmlands of the Owyhee River Valley, part of the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project. Malheur County, Oregon

Looking across the farmlands of the Owyhee River Valley, part of the V...

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Newly-arrived farmer clearing land of sage brush. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon. On the Vale-Owyhee project the average farmer has been able to clear and get into cultivation (small grain, alfalfa) forty-four acres in the first year on his farm

Newly-arrived farmer clearing land of sage brush. Vale-Owyhee irrigati...

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Children playing under wagon at the Schroder farm, FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrowers living on Dead Ox Flat. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon

Children playing under wagon at the Schroder farm, FSA (Farm Security ...

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Children playing under wagon at the Schroder farm, FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrowers living on Dead Ox Flat. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon

Children playing under wagon at the Schroder farm, FSA (Farm Security ...

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Newly-arrived farmer and his wife on the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project. Malheur County, Oregon. He tried to get a FSA (Farm Security Administration) loan, but was refused and says it'll be harder without the loan but he guesses he'll make it

Newly-arrived farmer and his wife on the Vale-Owyhee irrigation projec...

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Children playing under wagon at the Schroder farm, FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrowers living on Dead Ox Flat. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon

Children playing under wagon at the Schroder farm, FSA (Farm Security ...

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Irrigation lateral ditch to provide water for farms on the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project. Notice that the piles of dirt on the sides give some indication of the relative newness of this project. Malheur County, Oregon

Irrigation lateral ditch to provide water for farms on the Vale-Owyhee...

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View of the Owyhee River Valley, part of the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project. Malheur County, Oregon

View of the Owyhee River Valley, part of the Vale-Owyhee irrigation p...

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Cattle on farm of FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrower. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon

Cattle on farm of FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation bo...

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Children playing under wagon at the Schroder farm, FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrowers living on Dead Ox Flat. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon

Children playing under wagon at the Schroder farm, FSA (Farm Security ...

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Road leading up to bench land. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon. While the higher bench land is not so fertile as that in the lower valleys, it is oftimes desirable to farm the bench land because drainage of irrigation waters does not constitute a great problem

Road leading up to bench land. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur...

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Children playing under wagon at the Schroder farm, FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrowers living on Dead Ox Flat. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon

Children playing under wagon at the Schroder farm, FSA (Farm Security ...

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Farm scene. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon. Rainfall is insufficient in this section for anything but irrigated farming

Farm scene. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon. Ra...

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Calves belonging to Mr. White, FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrower at Dead Ox Flat. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon

Calves belonging to Mr. White, FSA (Farm Security Administration) reha...

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Family going fishing in the Owyhee Reservoir. Malheur County, Oregon. This reservoir not only impounds the water for the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project but has become a recreational playground for the farm families in this section

Family going fishing in the Owyhee Reservoir. Malheur County, Oregon. ...

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One of Mr. Browning's sons with his pet goat. They are FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation clients living on the Vale-Owyhee project. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

One of Mr. Browning's sons with his pet goat. They are FSA (Farm Secur...

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Main street of Vale, Oregon, on the Fourth of July. Vale is one of the shopping centers for the farmers who live and work on the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project

Main street of Vale, Oregon, on the Fourth of July. Vale is one of the...

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Children playing under wagon at the Schroder farm, FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrowers living on Dead Ox Flat. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon

Children playing under wagon at the Schroder farm, FSA (Farm Security ...

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Newly-arrived farmer and his wife on the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project. Malheur County, Oregon. He tried to get a FSA (Farm Security Administration) loan, but was refused and says it'll be harder without the loan but he guesses he'll make it

Newly-arrived farmer and his wife on the Vale-Owyhee irrigation projec...

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Newly-arrived farmer examining sprouting corn. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon

Newly-arrived farmer examining sprouting corn. Vale-Owyhee irrigation ...

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Newly-arrived farmer and his wife on the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project. Malheur County, Oregon. He tried to get a FSA (Farm Security Administration) loan, but was refused and says it'll be harder without the loan but he guesses he'll make it

Newly-arrived farmer and his wife on the Vale-Owyhee irrigation projec...

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Children playing under wagon at the Schroder farm, FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrowers living on Dead Ox Flat. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon

Children playing under wagon at the Schroder farm, FSA (Farm Security ...

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Cooperative FSA (Farm Security Administration) bull on farm of Mr. Botner. Nyssa Heights, Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon. Betterment of dairy herds has been one of the primary interests of FSA in this section

Cooperative FSA (Farm Security Administration) bull on farm of Mr. Bot...

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Cattle belonging to farmer on Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon. As the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project grows older, the dairy and beef herds are both assuming greater emphasis in farm economy

Cattle belonging to farmer on Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon. A...

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Chicken house and shed on the farm of the Schroeder family, FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrowers living on Dead Ox Flat. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon

Chicken house and shed on the farm of the Schroeder family, FSA (Farm ...

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Glory hole of the Owyhee Reservoir. Water for the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project is impounded here. Malheur County, Oregon

Glory hole of the Owyhee Reservoir. Water for the Vale-Owyhee irrigati...

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Character of farming land on Dead Ox Flat, part of the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project. Malheur County, Oregon

Character of farming land on Dead Ox Flat, part of the Vale-Owyhee irr...

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Irrigation ditch and farmstead. Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon. This is a part of the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project

Irrigation ditch and farmstead. Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon....

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Children playing under wagon at the Schroder farm, FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrowers living on Dead Ox Flat. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon

Children playing under wagon at the Schroder farm, FSA (Farm Security ...

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Corn raised for feed of Mr. White, FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrower at Dead Ox Flat. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon

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A black and white photo of two young boys. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of two young boys. Great Depression FFSA / OWI...

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Conduit crossing the Owyhee River Valley carrying irrigation water to Dead Ox Flat from the Owyhee Reservoir. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon

Conduit crossing the Owyhee River Valley carrying irrigation water to ...

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The Browning family eating lunch. They are FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrowers on the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

The Browning family eating lunch. They are FSA (Farm Security Administ...

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Child of farmer living on Vale-Owyhee irrigation project at Malheur County, Oregon

Child of farmer living on Vale-Owyhee irrigation project at Malheur Co...

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Glory hole of the Owyhee Reservoir. Water for the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project is impounded here. Malheur County, Oregon

Glory hole of the Owyhee Reservoir. Water for the Vale-Owyhee irrigati...

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Mrs. Botner, wife of FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrower, wringing laundry in electric wringer. This family has been on the project for about five years. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon

Mrs. Botner, wife of FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation...

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Owyhee Dam which impounds water for the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project. Malheur County, Oregon

Owyhee Dam which impounds water for the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project...

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Children playing under wagon at the Schroder farm, FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrowers living on Dead Ox Flat. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon

Children playing under wagon at the Schroder farm, FSA (Farm Security ...

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